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Author: Jedediah PurdyFormat: --
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf IncISBN-10: 0375706917
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A young rustic philosopher, in the tradition of Thoreau, argues against the cynicism and irony that he sees as being the dominant worldview in America. Purdy, who grew up on a farm in West Virginia and was home-schooled, favors home truths and traditional values.

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Jedediah Purdy calls FOR COMMON THINGS his "letter of love for the world's possibilities." Indeed, these pages the subject of impassioned attention from critics and readers alike constitute an ardent and persuasive testament to the value of political, social, and community reengagement. Drawing on a wide range of literary and cultural influences from Montaigne and Thoreau to today's popular, empty entertainments Purdy raises potent questions about our stewardship of civic values in a cynical age. Most important, Purdy offers us an engaging, honest, and bracing reminder of the crucial values that we all hold in common.

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"What unifies the disparate strands of this book are Purdy's undeniable moral seriousness and his astonishingly controlled, nearly oratorical style."
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"Purdy has exactly the right heroes: Czeslaw Milosz, Albert Camus, George Orwell. He worries about fundamental and difficult problems, and he has smarts to ask....Purdy was plainly striving for an austere, morally urgent voice--and at a few points, when he touches on concrete bits of West Virginia life, he achieves this. But the vast majority of the book is weighed down by a plodding eat-your-vegetables earnestness....We're left with the impression that public virtues will be spread only through individual conversion and persuasion--a method of transmission that has serious limits, as this book inadvertently demonstrates."
Glenn 

"FOR COMMON THINGS shows a thoughtful approach to political discourse....Drawing on a vast knowledge of politics and popular culture, [Purdy] examines the decay of civic life from grand historical stage into a pathetic exercise in vaudeville."
Boston Book Review  (10/19/1999)


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For Common Things: Irony, Trust and Commitment in America Today

Jedediah Purdy

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ISBN: 0375706917
Publication Date: 2000-09-12
Publisher: Vintage
Pages: 256
Height: 0.6300 inches
Width: 5.1200 inches
Weight: 0.4900 pounds

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